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ica will be very large and apparentlythft President intends that these op-nortunitles shall be imnroved But heIs credited with trying to obtain thatsort of diplomats even for the greatblue ribbon posts or Europe liKe London Berlin ana pansAll this shake up in diplomatic cirpies has oDened nrosnects fortious careers and is keeping Washington humming with gossip and comment Republican Senators arctramping much to the White Houseoffices urging the claims of their constituents for these diplomatic nominationsRepresentative Nicholas Longworthof Ohio an ox Presidents son-in-lawIia3 become one of our most mentioned citizens If there is a big plum10 fall the speculators in official pros-neets enter his name promptly Soit was when Dr David Jayne Hillour Embassador to Berlin resignedIt was nrobably not Nicks fault thatovcrzealous friends entered him atonce He might make it is true averv cood Embassador to Berlin andpossibly he has the pull to get itHe is a fellow townsman of President Taft who thinks highly of himAltho Ills distinguished father-in-lawhas occasionally been in anything butcordial co operation with the President Wick has always been mostloil to the AdministrationThey like outin Ohio also to mention Kick much for high placesWhen the Republican Party last yearwas casting about in desperation fora gubernatorial candidate -there camea rush of talk for which the Cinciunati Congressman was apparently notresponsible fbout grooming him forthe race Nothing came of it ofcourse but the campaign was hardlyunder way before a Senatorial boomfor Nick bulged into prominenceand was heard of again and again before the November voting Whatmight have happened to this Senatorial boom had the Ohio Legislaturebeen Republican can not of coursebe told but tho Legislature was overwhelmingly Democratic and it wasSenator Alloc Pomcrenc instead ofSenator Nicholas LongworthOhio always would keep in the public eye at Washington however andthat has been so of recent days withthe booming of Representative Longworth for Embassador and the formal launching of a Presidential boomfor Gov Judson Harmon To datethe Ohio Governors boom is the onlyone afield unless one considers thepresidential boom or that other eminent clncinnatian W H Taft in sucha category Presumably PresidentTaft will not send up any balloons toannounce his candidacy but theWhile House has already given thepigns which the workers regard asconvincingPerhaps there arc too many bkeptical folks at Washington not properlyin touch with sentiment out in theprovinces where the voters live buttho wise ones keep on saying that theHarmon boom was and is perceptibly-waningand that tho action of theOhio Democrats in Congress formallylaunching it was in fact desperatetactics undertaken with a view to infusing new lifo Into the movementStoncmans Raid to JIaconEditor National Tribune I recollect the battles at Ringgold TunnelHill Resaca Dalton Buzzard RoostBurnt Hickory Lost Mountain Powder Springs Kencsaw Mountain andAlatoona I was on the Stonemanraid to Macon July 27 to Aug C1804 Wc charged upon the town asI recollect tore up the railroad andreleased the prisoners at Chilton Wewere skirmishing on the other side ofthe river Wc received news that theenemy had evacuated Atlanta andwas closing in on us aa fast -as theycould Wc faced about and traveledall that evening and all nightThe next morning wc struck theenemys lines at Hfllsboro where wobattled and charged until about 4oclock We found wc were completely surrounded Stoneman andabout 700 men surrendered OurColonel refused to surrender Wclinpd up fronting the cast and charged in double quick time Wc chargedup to within 30 yards where ourhorses were halted Wo placed ourbridles in our mouths and with a revolver in each hand wc cut the linedown all but scattering ones Wcthen drew our nwords and slashedright and left and went thru themlike wild AreWc worn followed by a regimentcommanded by CoL Capron He wasbadly cut up Wc traveled until sundown arriving at the river Theenemy began to lire on us in therear I do not remember but itseems to me that it was at the Chattahoochee River After crossing theriver wc went into camp Wc remained until the next day and madeour way to Marietta wearied andworn out and nearly starved to deathWe were released from duty and turned our horses over to the Governmentand were sent back to Kentuckywhere wc remained until the close ofthe war I had six comrades in thewar from my fathers family I rereived two wounds None of ourfamily received any wounds exceptme I am wearing two of those bullets today one in my jaw and one inmy thigh I would love to hear fromsome comrade Thomas Morris Pointer KyTho 180th OhioEditor National Tribune Will youkindly give me a short history of the183th Ohio Walter M Swain Goldfield IowaThe 183th Ohio was organized atToledo and other places in the Statefrom Jan 12 to March 3 18C5 tonerve one and three years and mustered out Sept 28 1805 It was commanded by Col Henry D KingsburyBrevet Brigadier General March 101865 all thru its service and lost onekilled and 48 from disease etc JamesMeD Roe was its Lieutenant Coloneland Norman Waite its Major EditorNational TribuneNo Short Hours ThenComrade William Higglns Past Department Commander BartlesvillcOlIsu writesDuring the civil war when theprivate soldier was only getting J 13 amonth no effort was made by Congress or tho War Department to improvo tho conditions shorten ourhours of work lessen oor hardshipsor increase our pay for the good service rendered as is now a hobby bythe cheap fctatesmen to benclit Government employes of tile several Departments whoso salaries arc fromS75 to 3000 when the privatesoldier only received 30 per year forfour ycarsand more Who did thegreater for his countryMonument to tho rcnnsjlvanla HeserveJ It Hess Corporal 6th -Pa Reserves Cherokee Iowa highly approves of tho riiovcnient to build amonument at Fredericksburg Va tohonor the Pennsylvania Reserves Howas in the fight until a ball struck- hislight shoulder and -there lias neverIk en a day passed since that he hasnot Xelt the effects of itVAN BERYEER vs TURCHINThe Controversy Over the Monuments on Mission RidgeEditor National Tribune The National Tribune will please bear withmo while I lay before your readersan act of national impprtancc as wellas one of injustice to thousands ofcomrade dead and alive whoSisted in storming and capturing thatrebel stronghold Missionary Ridgenear Chattanooga Tenn Nov 251863Many of your readers know thatCongress during its sessions in 1S31 2passed acts creating the Chickamauga and Chattanooga Military Parkand providing for its future government and managementThe House Military Committee oftho 51st Congress to whom the billwas referred in part reported Thebill under consideration establishes anational military park the approachesof which overlook and the groundupon which occurred some of thomost remarkable tactical movementsand deadliest lighting of the war ofthe rebellion namely the held orChickamauga and ChattanoogaThe proposed uniekamauga anaChattanooga National Park consists oftwo features the approaches andpark properThe battlefield of Chickamaugaproper forms the body of the parkAs described in the bill embracesabout 7600 acresThe approach from Chattanoogabegins at or near Sherman Hights attho north end of Missionary RidgeThis Is the battlclield of the Army oftho Tennessee under Gen A TSherman during the operations aboutChattanooga Nov 23 21 and 25 1S63From this point this approach runsalong the crest of Missionary Ridgeto Rossvilio Gap Throughout Itswhole length it overlooks thu battlefield of Gen Hooker s troops from theArmy of the Potomac on IooKoutMountain and terminates where thesutroops after the battle on the mountain reached and crossed MissionaryRidge This approach also overlooksthe lust nays operations about orchard Knob and coincides throughoutits length with the lines- of GenBraggs army and thus passes alongthe entire front of the famous assaultof the Army of the Cumberland underGen Thomas upon Missionary RidgeThat the said Chickamauga andChattanooga National Park and theapproaches thereto shall be under thecontrol of the Secretarv of WarThat thf affairs of tho Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Parkshall subject to the supervision anddirection of the Secretary of War beCommissionersTHE NATIONAL TRIBUNE WASHINGTON D C THURSDAY APRIL 27 1911this case very respectfully Robert Shaw Oliver Assistant Secretaryof WarMr S J Stewart Chairman Historical Committee Turchlns Brigadefcvmgston InnGen Baird who commanded thedivision in which Turchlns VanDcrveers and Phelpss Brigades stormedMissionary Ridge side by side wroteto Gen Turchin under date of NovIS 1S95 in answer to a pleading letter for the General to recognize hisclaim as having captured De LongsPoint wrote On the whole 1 havefound no evidence to support yourcontentionMr S F Stewart Secretary- andChairman of Historical CommitteeTurchlns Brigade the moving spiritof the foolish demand for disturbingthe brigade positions as establishedby the report made by Gen Grantsoon after tho battle and a mapmade by his engineer designating theposition of the different brigades andfiled in the War Department whichfrives tho position of VanucrveiTSBrigade at De Longs Point at thecrest of the ridgeA Rehearing ObtainedNotwithstanding all this throughthe persistent efforts of the Chairmanof the Historical Committee of Turchlns Brigade after engaging U SSenator Foraker in their behalf se-ducrd a new Park Commission and anew Secretary of AVar who knew nothing of military affairs to grant theirpetition and moved the whole line430 yards north and the markers asthey had been placed by the formerCommission and Secretary of Warfrom right to left the brigades ofHazen AVillich Bcaty Turchinord VanDerveer so as to make thosebrigades conform on tho left andright of Turchins Brigade and giveit the coictcd honor of capturing DoLongs Point without assistance fromother troopsThis wonderful reversal of GensGrant Thomas Granger Balrd HazenAVilllc Beatty VanDcrvecr Fullerton and Boynton was first announcedInly 12 1907 by a circular headedTurchins Brigade Vindicated Them oj uuuucuarKtparAfJ31 of Brigade to the De Longeach of whom shall havo activelytlcinatcd in the battle of V u uu rv -ga or one of the battles about ChattanoogaThat it shall be the duty of theCommissioners acting under tho Secretary cf War to ascertain and substantially mark the locations of theregular troops both infantry and artillery within the boundary of thepark and to erect monumentsThat it shall bo lawful for the ailthorltles of any State having troopsengaged either at Chattanooga or atChickamauga to enter upon the landsand approaches of tho Chickamaugaand Chattanooga NationaL Park torthe purpose of ascertaining and marking the lines of battle of troops engaged therein Provided That beforeany such lines aro permanently designated tho positions of the lines andtho proposed methods of markingthem by monuments tablets or otherwise hall be submitted to -the Secretary of WarThe first to administer the affairsof the Park Commission was Gen JS Fullerton as Chairman Gpn A PStewart and Gen H V Boynton allparticipants in the great battles thatwere fought around ChattanoogaGen Fullerton sejvlng on the staffol Gen Granger and viewed fromOrchard Knob with Grant Thomasand Granger the several divisions ofthe Army of the Cumberland in jainview as they advanced upon the enemy strongly- fortified on the crestof Missionary Ridge Gen - H VBoynton a gentleman of high attainments was the principal mover in securing from Congress all its acts thathas made those great battle groundsas prominent as they aro today andwas in command of the 35th OhioIn Gen VanDevccrs Brigade- thatmemorable 25th day of November1S63 until a rebel bullet disabledhim just before reaching tho crest ofMissionary Ridge just south -of DeLongs Point as pointed out to thewriter by Gen Boynton while proceeding on foot over the very groundtraversed by VanDevecrs Brigade atthe time that tho Minnesota Monument Commission was seeking theright position to build a creditablemonument not to mark the spot actually captured by the 2d Minn butto commemorate the event that aMinnesota military force representeeby the 2d Regiment of that Stateaided the Union forces in capturingthe whole line of rebel works fiomShermans nights to RcssvilieGen Boynton pointed out to GenBishop who commanded the Minnesota troops in that charge and theCommission a plat of live acres ofland forming a promontory projecting out from the crest of the ridgewest toward Chattanooga which hesaid was owned by tho Governmentand we were at liberty to build oitrmonument which was afterward sanctioned by the Secretary of War aswell as the Inscription which was tobe inscribed Thero and then in thepresence of five participants in thecharge of VanDeveers Brigade it wa3agreed that the main portion of theBrigadcpatacd that point to tho rightand southTho Minnesota Commission proceeded to build five monuments andmarkers four on the Chickamaugafield and one on the ko cajled DeLongs Point costing nearly J3000This proved to be a red rag to GenTurchln the noted commander ofTurchlns Brigade who it iS saidthreatened to tear down the Minnesota monument because It stood onground captured by his brigadeApplication was made to the ParkCommission and the Secretary of Warto have the Minnesota monument andmarkers moved nearly a half milonorth and that the position of Turchiu6 Brigado be moved north to DoLongs point which they claim theyassaulted and captured on MissionRldgoThe War Department DecidesTheir first claim was turned downby the Chairman of the Park Commission in part as follows It istho opinion of this Commission thatthe positions in question are alreadywell established and that the appointment of a commission of inqury to ascertain them is entirelyunnecessarysenled the matter through SenatorForaker to the War Department andasked for an independent investigation Gen Alger then Secretary ofWar referred the matter to ColHenry Duffleld who reported adversely to the claim which report wasapproved by Gen Alger Again theirpetition was denied as shown by thefollowing letter from the AssistantSecretary of WarSir Referring to your recent presentation to the Department of yourclaim that the location of TurchlnsBrigado upon Missionary Ridge is incorrectly assigned and should be fixedat the point known as De Longsplace which is assigned to VanDcrveers Brigade I beg to advise youthat tho statements presented by youhavo been exhaustively considered anddo not constitute a sufficient warrantto the Secretary of War in reopeningestablishedof WarUV lilU lllill CULlCiaijYour readers will remf mber thatthis singular action was taken afterGen Fullerton and Gen Boynton hadbeen rcm jved lrom the Park Commission by death and their placeshad been filled by less Interested parties and without giving any of theother brigades but Turchlns a chanceto prove their own case or disapproveas to Turchins actCal positionTheir action1 also created a gap of430 -yards at the right of BeatysBrigade and if Phelpss Brigade isnot moved north of where Col Phelpswas killed and I sec nothing in theorder promulgating the removal ofthe other brigades the position assigned VanDerveers Brigade will be ontho left and still further north thanPhelpss Brigade AH of thl3 hubbub seemingly to give the honor ofcapturing De Longs Point to the notedTurchins Brigade which positively they did not nor did their leftreach nearer than SO rods of thosouth side of that Point for thewriter was thprc at that day andhour and ascended thcridga about 60rods to the right and south of thatpromontory and crossed the rebelworks about f0 feet at the right oftlie 2d Minnesota colors where settwo pieces of artillery just abandoned by the enemy and seized uponby Sergeant Nobles of my companyK Chas Iathan of Co I Isaac Sherman of Co H and a few others ofthe 2d Minn and not a man of anyother regiment was nearPosition of the BrigadeAll reports agree that TurchinsBrigade formed the right of BalrdsDivision in that charge and his loftconnected with- the right ofvcers Brigade and that the 2d Minnwas the advance line covering thebrigade so that Turchlns Brigade wasin plain view of us to our- right allthe way up the ridge each striving toget there first Had tho 2d Minn beenon the north side of Do Longs Pointwe could not have seen Turchins menand the long lines of blue coats3trctching to the south as I plainlyremember seeingThe latest phaso of this unpleasantaffair is that Mr Stewart In behalfof Turchlns Brigade has asked thePark Commission to romovc ourgranite monument costing nearly 3000 and dedicated to the 2d Minnand to VanDerveers Brigade from DeLongs TUflnl where the Governmentowns five acrcs of land for tho purpose of rearing monuments upon toStrock Point 450 yards north towhere no land is owned bi tho Government except the crest road andwe fear the sacrilege may be committedFortunately a few members ofBeattys Brigade who still livo accidentally discovered the great wrongthat had been done to their brigadeand the Government as well as tothe memory of Gen Beatty and toFullerton and Boynton who as members of tho Park Commissionwithout doubt in the minds of fairminded military men correctly located the positions of each brigade oftho Army of tho Cumberland In theirassault on Missionary Ridge Nov 251S63 havo made application beforethe Chickamauga and ChattanoogaNational Park Commission for ahearing In the maflcr and to havetheir markers moved back to thepositions on tho crest that theyassaulted and captured and if theminds of the Commission and theSecretary of War are not induratedwc of VanDerveers Brigade hopo tokeep our monument from being obliterated from Do Longs Point and ina very righteous action of the ParkCommission have the old line of battle restored and tho markers and tablets put back whore originally placedA H Reed First Lieutenant CoK 2d Minn Glcncoe MinnThe Colors of the 72d 111Comrade F A Roziehc 4316 N43d avenue Chicago III is in searchof the colors of his regiment the 72dIII and is now investigating the museum of tho Military Academy at WestPoint T In Ifmrnn that tvn 71 1 iAgain in 1S37 Gen Turchin pre l all probability captured the colors andsorao u men who were with themAt the Battle of FranklinEditor National Tribune I belonged to Co C 12Sth Ind We leftDuck River about 9 p in and arrived in Franklin about i a m onthe morning of Nov 30 Wc restedfor a few hours and then went Intoposition on the left oftheLewlsburgPike Wc threw up good works Inout front there was a large hedgefence which we cut down within afoot or two of the ground Wc piledtho brush in a pile in the pike As Iwas one of the shortest boys of thecompany my place was always on tholeft of tho company Our companywas the Color company hence I stoodbesido the Flag Wc had a Flag anda large silk banner that was presentedto us by the citizens of Laporte Indthe home of our Lieutenant ColonelOn the left of our company was anembrasure to allow our cavalry to gothrough To tho left of this embrasure were two pieces of cannon Ithink it was the second section of the6th Ohio Battery These guns werepulled back from the works I sawCol Jasper Packard of our regimentwith hat in hand run up to the Captain of this battery and 1 heard himask tho Cantaiu what he meant bypulling his guns back The Colonelsaid to him You leave these gunswhere they are This Captain besidetho cun nearest to mo was completelycovered up with sand and sod out ofwhich tne works were DuiitWhen the Johnnies were sendingthe shot thick and fast from a batteryoon8iderablv to our right wc werewell in range with the fort across theriver so wc were under their fireThe Captain was a bravo fellow Hecrawled on all fours to where I wasrose and shook off tho sand and tookhis placo again by the guns I sawour Colors with staffs sticking in theworks and the Johnni3 grabbing forthem T have one of the gilt starsout of the banner which I pulled offas wo were leaving the worKs ab isaw tlie star so near snot out Jsaved it by putting it in my pocketH E Butler Co c listn inu uowicster IndCol Mattison DeadCol L V S Mattison the man whotore down the stars and bars from theflagstaff when the Union forces entered Richmond died at his home inOswego N aged C7 years ColMattison was one of the best knownveterans in northern and central NewYork At tho age of 17 he was enroled a private of Co D Slst N Yand served thru to the close of thewar He was in 22 engagements andleft the service with the commissionof a Lieutenant He wan in chargeof Castle Thunder and Llbbey Prisonwhile in Richmond and was the firstto release without waiting for ordersbetween 300 and 400 union prisonersconfined there His command wasplaced in churgc of 2500 Southernprisoners wno were lor a time confined in their own prisons At onetime he was prominent in politics andfor 12 years was Assistant Librarianin the Senate Chamber at Albany For25 years in succession he had beenCommander of Post Porter G A Rtown of ScribaAiding the National KncainpmcntThe following resolution offt rcd byGeorge C Loud Chairman was unanimously adopted by the MemorialCommittee of the G A R of NewYork City at the regular meeting onApril 17 1311Resolved That the Committee onLegislation of tho Department of NowYork G A R be and tho same ishereby requested to take such properand honorable means to secure a reasonable In fact a generous appropriation by the Legislature of theState of Nsw York to be included inthe general appropriation bill at thopresent cession for the expenses andentertainment of tho National Encampment of the G A R at Rochester N Y in August 1311George B Loud Chairman EkinsonComrade ODwrrcr RecehcaJ At-Iodije Crnnc Kt AIChas W Cook 7fith N V SoldiersHome Vti says apropos of Senators Crane Gore rt al An old farmerdown East had a fool son who wasalways getting into some scrape falling into the water or pig pen and nowhen one day the mother came rushing into the fleid where the farmerwas at work saying Johnny hasfallen in the well the farmer leanedon his hoe and said Well T neverdid really wish Johnny would butI have often thought if God wantedsuch a boy as Johnny up in heaven Ihoped he would take himScnil Ccutennial of the 5th X XThe famous 5thN Y was musteredinto the service April 23 1861 andthe coming 23d of April will completethe half century since then Thisevent will bo eclcbratod by a dinnerat tho St Denis Hotel Broadway and11th Sts New York City on Mondayevening April 24 Gen Hiram Duryoa has promised to be present andpreside The committee in chargeconsists of Alfred Atkins Tast Commander Department of Now JerseyG A R George F Wilson and PeterWagner Comrade Atklnss address isRoscllc N JTho Second New Jersey BrigadeThe Second New Jersey BrigadeAssociation met at Trenton on Appomattox Day for the 24th Reunion and50th anniversary of its organizationA dinner was held In the colonialroom of tho Tronton House Theroom was elaborately decorated andtho proceedings were enlivened bymusic The President of the Association is Capt Joseph U Crawford Foxchase Pa and the Secretary ColDaniel Lodor 510 Carteret avenueTrenton N JGoldBadgeM a banquet Jan 20 in G A RHall Detroit Mich given by W RC 8 Comrade Cornelius ODwyerPast Commander of Gen O M PoePost 433 was presented with a beautiful gold badge in recognition of hisservices as Commander The presentation was made by DepartmentCommander Samuel J LawrenceComrade ODwyer is a veteran of Custers Brigado and of the 1st MichCavIncorporating the G A KAt the last regular meeting of Joseph A Mower Post New OrleansLa strong resolutions were adoptedthanking Representative Mann for hiscourse in objecting to the consideration of tho bill incorporating a rumpof tho organization as the GrandArmy of the Republic and Instructing its Delegates to the DepartmentEncampment to present the samo totho Encampment and urge its adoptionTrcs eiitcd With Veteran JewelsComrade Melvln G Huey SouthRend Ind was recently presented bytllo Odd Fellows with a fine set ofveteran jewels in recognition of hahaving bsen a member of the Orderfor 50 yearsHOW DID YOU FRED COMRADEA Rcmiudcr of the Pnt by a PatrioticInstructorWhen GO years ago treasons shotwas fired at the Flag that proudlywaved defiance from Sumters wallsand that brave handful of loyal menunder Anderson defending it to thelust extremity were finally compelledto lower It how did you feel comrade how did you feelWhen Lincoln sent out his call forvolunteers to come to the defense ofthe Flag and the Nations Capitalwhere treason was seething wheroassassins lurked and you read It howdid you feel comrade hotf did youfeelWhen 4S hours later you withmusket on shoulder marched into thocapital and the President meetingyou with outstretched hands facebeaming with joy saying those wordsthat reached your heart Thank Godyou have como at last how did youfeel comrade how did you feelWhen facing on the firing lino thosehosts who battled to crush to theearth Gods Republic when shot andshell sent on their death mission werehurtling around you when the comrade who slept under the same blanket with you fell from your 3ide in thebattle how did you feel comradehow did you feelWhen those Southern hordes Invaded the North and Washington Baltimore Harrlsburg Philadelphia wereapparently almost within their graspwhen you after making forcedmarches of 40 miles a day broughtthem to a halt and on the field ofGettysburg for three days losing 23000 of your comrades fought with adesperation such- as was never knownbefore the greatest of the 15 greatbattles of the worlds history andturned back to Southern soil Leeshost how did you feci comrade howdid you feelWhen after four long years of thatdeplorable fratricidal war in whichover 300000 of your comrades werekilled on battlefield and over half amillion wounded you reached Appomattox and on that glad sunny Sabbath day while the sweet tones of thediftajit church bell reverberatedamong the hills singing Peace onearth good will to all men you witnessed the lowcrln of the Hag oftreason and the final triumph of thedear old Flag that you had so longfought for without ono star beingeliminated from its fild of blue howdid you feci comrade how did youfeelWhen you returned to your homeand had once more resumed the vocation of the life of peace and the rusted plowshare brightened as ybu bentto aid tho work of blndinjr un theNations wounds doing your part inbuilding the most humane and greatest Nation in the world how did youfeci comrade how did you feelWhen as tlie years have passed andyou are bent with the infirmities ofold age when the plow is rusted theshingles falling from tho house andthe grasshopper has become a burdento you the bright steely eyesightdimmed the quick alert step becomestottering and unable to work longeryou reach thn milestone in lifes journey that says Rest and you learnedthat you had asked in vain of thatGovernment to fulfill the promise ofPresident Lincoln and be granted thatpension which would permit you toend your days in comfort how didyou fool comrade how did you feelwhen you aw the specter AVantgo into your comrades home and dayby day witnessed the shadows growing longer in tho AVeit as the struggle was being made by him and theloved lifes companion to remain together and when finally tho effortbecame too great did not your heartache as you saw your old comradecome to his cottage door and standing on the parting 3tone throw hisarms around tho form of the dearwife tho one who thru the long ears-years of the pa3t had ministered to hisufos comfort and kiss her furrowedcheek while the tears filled tho eveas he bade her Good by to go Intothe Soldiers Home that she mighthave the omsJl pension he was receiving too small for both and keenthe spark of life alive in her how didyou feel comrade how did you feelwncn you read tho words utteredby the Nations lawmakers uttered sofrequently that they never could doenough for the old civil war veteranyou believed them when PresidentLincoln made that promise to care fortnem in his address delivered just 40days previous to his death you believed that wnen the time came tohave that promise fulfilled that theNations lawmakers would consider itas sacred but when you witnessed thocold refusal the flerco resistance toShe veterans appeal for or 20 amonth n adc by some of those lawmakers who in the past have beenthe loudest in protestations of loyaltrto ana desire to aid the veteran howdid vou feel comrade how did youfeel Edward O Skclton Patrioticinstructor Gettysburg Post 131 G AR Department of Massachusetts Boston March 20 1311McClellan Meade Granttoiior fsauonai urwune I am asubscriber to Tho National Tribuneand am generaly pleased with it butsometimes ariicits creep in that areunjust narrow and partisan For instance recently there was a short artide under the head of Tho Peninsula which reads as follows Findley W Munsoii of Sanford Fla wasall through the Peninsular Campaignand quite agrees with what The National Tribune history lias said IfGrant had been in McClellans placeat Malvern Hill Richmond wouldhave been taken at once McClellancould have been in Richmond withina month trom starting from Fort Monroe if he had had anything of the Grantspirit in him Now I am not speciallyan admirer of McClellan though Iserved under him He went down tothe Peninsula with about 150000 menand met Lee with barely 100000 AVithall that force and with immense reinforcements at call Grant did nottake Richmond in a month nor for10 months after losing as many menin killed and wounded and prisonersas Lees entire army AVhen Lee surrendered ho had only 37000 men leftWhile Grant had nearly 200000 menaround him These are historic factsBo fair Acry rarely in the columnsof your paper do I see any praise ofGen Meade and yet he was one of thegrandest and noblest Generals of thewar and fought the battle which wasvirtually the AVatcrloo of the rebellionWhy is this Grants praise is in everynumber and every column EvcrhardBiercc Colonel 171at Pa HlawuthaKanReal Life In the ArmyChas F Devlan 0th Paitav Idaho Springs Colo says that heretoforehistories have been dry and uninteresting but Comrade McElroy has toldthe story well of how tho men actually lived and fought how theymarched thru rain and mud and thesufferings and Hardships they endured He thinksshould unito In a general demand thatthe McElroy stories bo published inbook formThe 1st Mc H AEditor National TTibunc Kindlygive a history of the 1st Me II A IfI am not mistaken our regiment lostmore men killed in battle than anyother S B Piper National MilitaryHome IndianaTho 1st Me H A one of the fighting regiments was organized at Bangor and Augusta Aug 21 1862 as theISth Me and its designation changedto heavv artillery and designated the1st in December 1862 Two additional regiments were added to it inJanuary and February 1861 and theoriginal members were mustered outJuno 6 1S65 The veterans and recruits with accessions from the 17thand 19th Me were retained in servicetill Sept 11 1S65 It was commandedby Cols Daniel Chaplin and RussellTho Stitli OhioEditor National Tribune The regiment a short history of which isdesired by AVm K Johnson and myself is the 3Cth Ohio Frank LJohnson 1206 N 02d St Philadelphia PaThe 36th Ohio ono of the fichtingregiments was organized at Marictta1in iubusi jsoi ana aiicr serving outtwo enlistments mustered out July27 1865 It was commanded by ColsGeorge Crook a AVcst Point manMelvin Clark Ebenezcr B AndrewsAVm G Jones also a AVest Pointerand Hiram I- Duval successivelyThe regiment was first on duty inAVest Virginia where at SummervilleIt remained till May 12 1862 whenIt went to Lewlsburg and was placedin Coxs Division While atburg it repulsed a rebel force undertjetj Jiuaui jusjug m nit auair a Killed 41 wounded and 4 missing Itfought under Burusidc at SouthMountain and at Antietam Col Clarkwas killed At Chickamauga it lost 12killed including Col Jones 65 wounded and 14 missing At MissionaryRidge it sustained its heaviest lossThe 36th belonged to Duvals Division Eighth Corps and lost 140 killedand 163 from disease etc Its totalof killed and wounded was 518 and36 of Its members died in Confederateprisons Editor national TribuneThe I60th N YEditor National Tribune Pleasegive a history of the 169th N Y Edward T Jackson Bowdolnham MeThe 169th N Y one of the fightingregiments was organized at New Yorlicity and Troy in September and October 1862 and mustered out July 19iS6o it was commanded by ColsClarence Buell John McConihe andAlonzo Aldcn in succession This regiment was engaged in 1S63 In the defence of Sulfolk Va and after thatin the operations about CharlestonHarbor In May 1S64 it Joined thoArmy of the James At the battle olCold Harbor Col McConihe was killedIt lost men nearly every day while inthe trenches before Petersburg The169th was one of the regiments selectod for tho expedition against FortFisher acquitting itself with greatgallantry The explosion ot the magazine after tho capture of the fortkilled a large number of Its men Aftertort Flsner the regiment accompaniedthe Tenth Corps In its advance uponAVilmington It belonged jo Ames Division Tenth Corps and lost 157 killedand 128 from disease etc Its totalof killed and wounded was 618 and 23of its members died in Confederateprisons Editor National TribuneThe 33d IIIEditor National Tribune Pleasegive a short history of the 33d 111I have never seen such In yourpaper AA C Ogden Avon IdahoTho 33d 111 was organized atSpringfield from August to Septemberiati ana atier serving out two enlistments waa mustered out Nov 24 1SS5It was commanded by Col Chas EHovey promoted Sept 5 1862 toBrigadier General mustered out Septiu xaoa succccaea oy col Isaac IIElliott in command at tho time offinal muster out It belonged to EA Carrs Division Thirteenth Corpsand lost 58 killed and 251 from disease etc Editor National Tribuneo183d OhioEditor National Tribune Pleasegive a history of the lS3d Ohio 41liowman Cincinnati OThe IS 3d Ohio was organized tCincinnati and Sandusky during Sep-lemucr ana ucioorr IS64 and mustered out July 17 1S65 It was commanded by Col Geo AV Hogc allthru its service belonged to CouchsDivision Twenty third Corps and- lost4 Killed ana 53 from disease etcEditor National TribuneThe 18th 111 and 13th Mo CavEditor National Tribune Pleasegive a short history of the above regiments I was a member of bothS A Crossman Mitchells Mills PaThe ISth HI was organized at Annafrom May 28 to June 30 ISSl Itsoriginal members mustered out upontho expiration of Its three years termwhile veterans and remaining members were organized Into a battalionof three companies and retained inservice In March 1S65 seven additional companies were organized andadded to it and the force with thoexception of Co A was mustered outfinally Dec 16 1S65 Co A was mustered out July S It was commanded by Col Michael K Lawlcrpromoted Nov 29 1862 to BrigadierGeneral succeeded by Col H SmithB ShoDherd successively Of the resigned Aug 21 1S63 succeeded by2017 regiments In the Union army Licut CoI Samuel B Marks mustcrthe 1st Mc II A sustained the great icd out June 11 1864 At the tlmoest loss in baltle Also its loss atl of final muster out Licut Col Jules CPetersburg June IS was the greatest J Webber was In command The regiof any one regiment in any one action ment belonged to Kimballs Divisionduring the war 13 oilicers being Sixteenth Corps and lost 105 killedkilled or mortallv vounded and 1hit It made the charge that day withabout 900 muskets losing 632 In kill-and 289 from disease etcThe 13tli Mo Cav composed of veterans and all tho Missouri militiaed and wounded In its fight on the was organized from SeptemberFredericksburg Pike it lost 82 killed jS64 to February 1S65 and with thoand 394 wounded six ofilccrs being exCcptlon of Cos D G K and M wasamong those killed Col Chapmanwas mortally wounded at StrawberryPlains AH Its losses occurred withina period of 10 months It belongedto Birneys Division Second CoVpsand lost altogether 423 killed and 260from disease etc Its total of killedmustered out at different dates fromApril IS to July 3 1866 Tho othercompanies were mustered out Jan 111866 It was commanded by Col Edwin C Cathcrwood resigned June 20-1 1865 followed by Col Austin A Kingor uiacnurxvu uaii it ioovaud wounded was 1283 and 21 of its 0j by Licut Col YVm C Lc Fe ermembers died in Confederate prisonsIt took active part in 14 battles andwas present at four others EditorNational TribuneThe 2d and Cth Ohio CavEditor National Tribune Pleasegive a short history of the 2d OhioCav and if not asking too much alsoof the 6th Ohio Cav Chas BcalFullerton NebTho 2d Ohio Cav was organized atCamp AVade Cleveland from AUgustto October IS61 and after servingout two enlistments was mustered outby companies at different dates fromSept 11 to Oct 12 1865 It wascommanded by Col Chas Doubledayresigned June 16 1862 succeeded byCol August Kautz a AVcst Pointman promoted May 7 1864 to Brigadier-Generalsucceeded by Col ABayard Nettlcton discharged June 1618C5 succeeded by Col Dudley Seward in command at the time ofmuster out It belonged to WilsonsDivision Cavalry Corps and lost S3killed and 184 from disease etcTho 6th Ohio Cav was organized atCleveland and other places in theState from Oct 7 1861 to Dec1863 and after serving out two enlistments was mustered out Aug 7186a It was commanded by ColAVm R Lloyd resigned April 2 1863succeeded by col m Ltedman mustered out Oct 6 1864 succeeded byLieut Col Geo AY Dickinson andafer that by Liout Col Frank CLoveland Its battles were CrossKeys Uppcrvillc Todds Tavern Trevlllan Station Second Bull Run Culpeper St Marys Church BrandyStation Auburn Mills Boydton RoadAldle Mlnu Run Hawos Shop andHatchers Run It belonged toGreggs Division Cavalry Corpsand lost 57 killed and 181 from disease ctcEditor National TribuneSome of its battles were Glasgow Lexington Independence Little Osageand Carthage The regiment belongedto Pleasontons Division CavalryCorps and lost 11 killed and 28 fromdisease etc Editor National TribuneThe USth TaEditor National Tribune Pleasegive a short history of the 14th PaD C Law 213 S 6th St Lyons IowaThe 14Sth Pa one of the fightingregiments was organized at Harrisburg Oct 8 1862 and mustered outJune 1 1865 It was commanded byCol James A Beaver After threemonths sen ice in Maryland it joinedthe Array of the Potomac and itsfirst battle was Chancellorsville whereIt lost 31 kiled 119 wounded and 14missing Col Beaver being among thewounded At Spotsylvania it lost 33killed and 235 wounded and 33 missing the heaviest loss of any Infantryregiment in that action Col Beaverfwas again wounded at Petersburgbut rejoined his regiment Jus as itwas entering the fight at ReamsStation when he was a third timewounded aferward3 losing his leg byamputation In September the WarDepartment decided that one regiment in each division should be armedwith breech loading rifles and the148th was selected by Gen Hancockas the one in his division to be soarmed The regiment belonged toBarlows Division Second Corps andlost 210 killed and 187 from diseaseetc Its total of killed and woundedwas 769 and 62 of its members diedin confederate prisons Editor National TribuueThe 10th III CavEditor National Tribune Pieassgive a small history of the 10th mCav Geo AV Hcigold PetersburgIIITho 10th III Cav was organizedat Camp Butler from Nov 25 to Dec31 1S61 and after serving out twoenlistments was mustered out Nov22 1863 The 15th 111 Cav wasconsolidated with this regiment Jan26 1865 It was commanded by ColJames A Barret resigned May 151S62 succeeded by Col Dudley Wlckcrsham resigned May 10 1864 succeeded by Col James Stuart incommand at the time of muster outIt belonged to E A Carrs DivisionSeventh Corps and lost 25 killed and265 from disease etc Editor National TribuneThe 15M N YEditor National Tribune Plcasagive some account bf the 152d N Y -AW Burgess 337 Harrison StBctersburg N YThe 152d N X was organized atMohawk in October 1862 and mustered out July 13 1865 It was commanded by Col Leonard Boyer resigned Jan 10 1863 succeeded by ColAlonzo Ferguson discharged Nov 231863 succeeded by Lieut CoI JamesE Curtlss In command at the time ofmuster out It belonged to GibbonsDivision Sixth Corps and lost 69 killed and 92 from disease etc Its principal battles were AVIlderness Spotsylvania North Anna Cold HarborPetersburg strawberrv Plains DeeriBottom Reams Station and BoydtonRoad Editor National TribuneTho 5th TT S C Car MassEditor National Tribune picasegive some information of tho 5thMass Colored Cavalry JosephusPrince 43 AV Main St Little FallsN YThis regiment was- organized atReadvlllc from Jan D to May 5 1S64and mustered out Oct 31- 1865 Itwas commanded by Col Henry BRussell resigned Feb 14 1865 succeeded by Co J Chas F Adams tJrresigned Aug 1 same year suceededby Col S IS Its-servicewas principally connected withPetersburg It belonged to HinkssDivision Eighteenth- Corps Armv ofthe James and lost 35 killed and 152from disease etc Editor NationalTribuneThe 6th Battery Wis I AEditor National Tribune Picasegive a history of the 6th Battery WisL A Sam Beaver Rhinelander WisThis battery was organized at Racine Oct 1 1861 and after servingout two enlistments was finally mustered out July 3 1S65 It was commanded by Capt Henry Dillon mustered out Oct 19 1864 succeeded bvCapt Thos R Hood resigned May17 1865 succeeded by Capt JamesG Simpson It belonged to QuinbysDivision Seventeenth Corps and lostseven killed and 22 from disease etcIt took part in the battles of CorinthJones Crossroads Jackson ChampionHills Siege of Vicksburg and Chattanooga Editor National TribuneHLJflllsSarsaparillaIs the most effective medicinefor the complete purificationof the blood and the completerenovation of die Avhole system Take it this sprinffGt It todr In usual liquid form or chocolated tablets called SarcaubV